“
Focus on Italy
Left:
A P42516
automatic
panel
bender
Continued from page 31
New in 2006, the S4S punching and shearing
machine features more than thirty improve-
2007,” Lisac continued. “The order book ments over last year’s S4N model. A new
is full until the end of the year. Over the manipulator, an integrated brush conveyor
next few years, we will be looking at the and deviator, Cartesian unloading and stack-
modularity of our product offering, reducing ing possibilities and the SiX controller are just
machine tool lead times and increasing our a few of the new S4S features. The new S4S
own production efficiency. We also wish to machines have increased productivity and
increase our participation and presence in throughput by accelerating the manipulator
emerging markets.” stroke rate and by performing raw material
Salvagnini is also actively targeting the feeding and centering in masked time. The
automotive sector, for the first time. This is not Salvagnini America Application Department
a traditional sector for its products and the has confirmed that the new S4S will consist-
company will need to increase user aware- ently produce the same number of parts as
ness of its systems. Lisac sees potential for three turret machines. The industry’s ‘fastest
Salvagnini products for parts that are currently punching machine’ – floor-to floor – just got
being stamped – one customer in Germany faster.
has already switched to Salvagnini systems for Lisac is keen to point out that advanced
bus parts that were previously stamped. sheet metal manufacturing techniques and
The company has also completed an exten- processes are not limited to large customers.
sive process of updating/upgrading its prod- Small and medium sized job shops make up
uct portfolio, which it started two years ago. Salvagnini’s largest customer base.
This has resulted in substantial productivity “We want to break down some of the pre-
savings for customers, explained Lisac. conceptions that some people have about our
“We have reduced our machine tool energy machines,” he explained. “They believe that
consumption by 30-40% in today’s environ- Salvagnini machines are only for large cus-
ment of high energy prices, using new tomers with mass production. This is not true
designs,” he told ISMR. “Over the last three – job shops are our largest customer sector.
years, for example, our S4 machines have Our machine tools manufacture parts that are
become 22% more productive, according to used in a wide range of sheet metal industries
one of our European customers.” – furniture, construction, offices etc.”
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